Remedios , also known as
San Juan de los Remedios, is a city and
municipality located from the northern coast of
Cuba, in the center of the island. It is the oldest Spanish settlement in the former Las Villas province. It is now part of the province of
Villa Clara. It was declared a City by
Isabella II of Spain, when the Island was still a colony. Remedios is the Cradle of the Parrandas, possibly the Caribbean's largest and oldest traditional festivity. Its patrons are San Juan Bautista and the Virgin of the Buenviaje.